Hose-coupling.



No. 894,594. A PATBNTBD JULY 2a, A1908.

" M CANI.

` Hos CUUPLING.'

'APPLIUATION FILED Dmmroo.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

M CANI. HOSE COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED DE.19, 1907.

lili@ MICHAL CANI, O'F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HOSE-COUPLING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application led December 19, 1907. SeriaLNo.V 407,134.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthet l, MICHAL CANI, a subject of the Emperor of Austria,-Hunga1y, resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga,

and State of Ohio, have inventedaJ new enduseful Improvement in Hose-Couplings, of which the following is a specification, the principle or' the invention being herein explained sind the bestmode. in which l have contemplated ap )lying that principle so as to distinguish it rom other inventions.

My invention relates, to hose couplings and particularly to couplings adapted. for use in connecting together sections of fire hose.

The obiect ot seid invention. is to provide s coupling economical in construction and eiiicient in its operation, and it consists of means hereinafter fully described and pai.

. ticulerly set forth in'the claims.

The annexed drawings end Vthe following description set forth in detail, certain mechanism embodying the invention, the disclosed ineens constituting` but one of various moclninicoliorms in which the' principle of the invention may be applied.

in said annexed drawings:-Fiiure 1 repi'esents a portici axial section and elevation oli4 e coupling1 embodying my invention. Fig. rein'esents en end elevation of the coupling viewed in the' direction indicated by the :tri-ow in Fig. v1. Fig. 3 represents en end elevation oi the coupling ,sleeve viewed in the direction indicated bythe seid arrow. Figi. 4 represents en end elevation of the female member of the coupling viewed in the direction indicated by seid irrow Fig'. 5 represents :in 'end elevationof the male mem: ber oi' the coujviling yviewed inthe direction opposite that indicted by vsaid arrow 'The coupling` consists of three arts; the mole member A, theienialei'nem ler B and the coupllncr sleeve C, Fig. l.

The mole meniber 'l provided with* the usual corrugated nipple t to which the hose is directly nttzwlicd. ,Adjacent to Yseid nip-- plc is formed n shoulder a to which is secured n. pin u? lor receiving ttl sptnnerwrench. lntermedintely of the shoulder al and the inner end bf the ineii'ibei A. is formed :il shoulder of* :nid i'nterinedintely of thisv slmuldcr A.md the sl'ioiildera nre formed two segnu-,ntni lugs d 14. The seid ineinber is 'lnrtherrformed with oiixietl bore o, l

l`lie l'cinale member B formed with the usuel corrugated 'nipple o `t'o'r directly receiv ing the hose, and adjacent thereto is foiiiied s cylindrical shoulder c. That ortionoi this member intermedie-te of the sioulder 58 and `the inner end thereof is externally `threaded, as shown. A bore b2 is provided in this member and has its inner end conn- -tersunk to form a. sent o3 and e sent o, Fig. il. The distance between these seats ,n'iezisured along the axis of thelbore is made equal to the distance between the inner end oi memloer A sindY the shoulder a?. The counter bores ore made ot' diameters respectively" equal to 4the diameter of the inner end of member A end the diameter thereof immediately edifice-nt to the sl'ioulder as. it will therefore be noted that the. member .ik may be inserted in the counterbored .portion of member B sind that the inner'end of member A sind the shoulder o3 .may be seated siinulte.- neously upon the seatsv t o" respectively. The inner en d of the temible member is iur- -ther formed with two segmental recesses Z b5,v Fig. 4, which are of dimensions such es to snugly receive the segmental lugs rt* o oi.' the male member. vl/hen these lugs nre lsented in the saidv recesses it .will be noted that the' two members A and B :ire fixed in the direction of rotation about their common exis.

4The outer end of bore b2 is mede of the seme diameter es the bore e, es showi'i in dotted lines 1n Flg.A l.

The coupling sleeve C is internally thread ed toenga re the threads on the female mem ber B, en the inner end is coun'terborcd :it ,c to snugly receive the shoulder o of the ic male member. The opposite end is formed with a fle-nge c which is formed with two dil slnetrically opposite segmental rec c which are adapted to permit the lugs et o4 to pass through them. Two laterally extending lugs c3 cu are formed integrally with. the member (l ior the reception oi the wrench or for permitting the rotation of the sleeve manually.

. liivoperetion sleeve (l is mounted upon the female member and 44when it is desired to form the connection between the two hose sections, the male iiielnlier is passed through the sleeve C and placed in the female niember so :is to allow the recesses b5 o5 to .receive the lugs c4, the sleeve being turned .to s position in which the recesses c2 register with the recesses F15. Sleeve (l then' turned so as to cnilsc the flange c to engage the lugs a4 othereby clamping1 the two members A and B firmly together in the direction ol their common. axis. lhe engagement oi' the coller b with. the counterliore e prevents any webl with en outside thread, seid two members i bling of member B which might be due to the easy iit oi' the threads thereof in tie threads of member C. Such looeeness is required in order that the member C may be easily turned by hand Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed, instead of' the one explained-end change may" be mede es regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the ineens eoveredby the fellowmg clelia be employed.

1,. therefore, partieularly point out and distinetly eleim es my invention .In e hose coupling, the combination of e, male mem-ber, a female memler provided arranged to interlock sons to be rotetively fixed, and en internally threaded elempinr sleeve engaging seid outside thread im( adapted to c enlp seid mele and female ineme bers in the direction oi their common fixes; seid female member being further provided with e cylindrical coller intermediete of its ends, and seid sleeve formed with e eounter uni; portion for receiving seid collar.

.Signed by me, this 18th dey oi'Deeenlber,

MCHAL CANI, A tteeted by#- JENrzm E. GARY, .LENA A. DIRLAM. 

